Is HRAS p.Asn172= (c.516C>T) pathogenic?

HRAS p.Asn172= (c.516C>T) is classified Likely benign in HRAS (ClinVar, Multiple submitters, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2025-08-29). Very rare (popmax 0.00333%, amr); Associated with Costello syndrome.

What condition is associated with HRAS p.Asn172= (c.516C>T)?

HRAS p.Asn172= (c.516C>T) is associated with Costello syndrome (ClinVar).

How common is HRAS p.Asn172= (c.516C>T) in the general population?

HRAS p.Asn172= (c.516C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00333%, amr) (gnomAD).

HRAS p.Asn172=

c.516C>T · rs765180494 · VCV415885

Likely benign Multiple submitters

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Multiple submitters ★★☆☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00333%, amr)

Conditions

Costello syndrome

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 2.6	GERP 6.4, phastCons 1
Overall
CADD	5.395	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00333% Admixed American · 2/60,028 alleles

Filtering AF 0.000553% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 0.000207%

Overall 0.000342% 5/1,460,790 alleles · very rare

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
Admixed Americangrpmax	0.00333%	30,014
South Asian	0.0022%	45,546
European (non-Finnish)	8.47e-05%	1,179,967

Rarity supports pathogenicity (ACMG PM2); frequency above a disease-specific BA1/BS1 threshold argues against it. A variant frequent in one ancestry group can be near-absent in others, so a single global figure can mislead.

Variant & gene context

Gene: HRAS
Protein: p.Asn172=
Coding: c.516C>T
MANE Select: NM_005343
dbSNP: rs765180494
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr11:532690 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.893 · pLI 0.02 · ClinGen HI 0/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 92.50 · 256 PDB
Residue 172: the 'hypervariable region' region

Full HRAS gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Costello syndrome — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

Similar variants

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HRAS p.Gly12Ser Pathogenic ★★★ same condition
HRAS p.Gly13Cys Pathogenic ★★★ same condition
HRAS p.Lys117Arg Pathogenic ★★★ same condition
HRAS p.Thr58Ile Pathogenic ★★★ same condition
HRAS p.Gly138Ser Uncertain significance ★★★ ⚠ same condition
HRAS p.Ile93Val Uncertain significance ★★★ ⚠ same condition

Built on 18 open, versioned datasets — ClinVar, gnomAD, AlphaMissense, REVEL, ClinGen & more — plus Sugi Variant's own cross-source analysis. Source data 2026-01–2026-10, ClinVar 2026-10. Full sources & versions →

Cite Sugi Variant

Gür T. Sugi Variant: A Deterministic Per-Variant Germline Reference from a Knowledge Graph for Humans and AI Agents. 2026. doi:10.5281/zenodo.21509445. This variant: https://sugi.bio/variant/hras-p-asn172 (accessed [today's date]).

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